I Created a Sanctuary in Marvel

Chapter 231 Thanos' Escape

"Why—why is this happening?!"

Laufey was blasted away by Thor's hammer, carving a trench hundreds of meters long into the broken ice.

He struggled to prop himself up on one side, his icy blue eyes flashing intensely, filled with incomprehensible emotions.

"How could a new god possess such power?"

The Frost Giant King has completely lost his will to fight.

Surtur's fall was like a heavy hammer blow to the hearts of all the allied forces besieging Asgard.

That was their strongest trump card, the Flame Lord destined to ignite Ragnarok.

But that being in the golden armor not only defeated Surtur in direct combat, but even—killed him.

Even the immortality of the Eternal Flame couldn't save the life of that fire giant king.

"What exactly are we fighting against?"

Laufey muttered to himself, letting Thor's hammer fall again.

The sound of the ice armor shattering was crisp and piercing, but he seemed to feel no pain.

The mental shock has overwhelmed the physical pain.

Thor also noticed his opponent's unusual behavior.

He hovered in mid-air, the lightning surrounding his hammer slightly subsiding: "Loufi, surrender. This war is over."

"Finish?"

"Yes—it's over. But do you think this will be the beginning of peace, son of Odin?"

Laufey gave a bitter laugh, and several cracks appeared on his face, which was made of ice crystals.

He raised his head, his gaze piercing through the shattered Asgardian force field, looking into the depths of the universe: "That being—he can kill Surtur today, and he can overturn all the rules of the Nine Realms tomorrow."

"You Asgards are nothing more than pawns on his chessboard."

Thor frowned, about to retort, when a distant energy fluctuation interrupted his thoughts.

"Damn it! Damn it all!!"

Malekith manipulated the aether particles, desperately dodging Odin's attacks.

The Dark Elf King was filled with anxiety.

Surtur's defeat meant the collapse of the entire war; staying there would only lead to certain death.

"The long-cherished wish of the Dark Elves—a wait of thousands of years."

"Am I really going to die here today?"

He gritted his teeth, and the crimson energy of the Reality Gem formed layers of shields around him.

As a fellow being of the Nine Realms, Malekith knew all too well Surtur's strength.

That was an ancient being capable of burning the World Tree, an opponent that even Odin, in his prime, had to treat with caution.

But that guy named Ye Feng—

We must escape.

"As long as I'm alive, there's a chance. The Reality Gem is in my hands; all I need is the opportunity—"

Malekith's eyes flashed wildly as he searched the battlefield for any possible chance of survival.

Just then, he heard that voice.

"Malikis! Join forces!"

Thanos moved across the battlefield, the purple energy of the Power Stone surging on his gauntlets, temporarily forcing Loki back from his relentless pursuit.

The Titan's son's face showed an unusual urgency: "We'll all die fighting alone! Only by joining forces can we fight our way out!"

Malekith's heart skipped a beat.

Yes, Thanos also has the Power Stone.

With the two Infinity Stones combined, they might actually be able to create an opportunity to escape.

"good!"

"I'll cover you, we'll break through Odin's blockade together!"

He agreed without hesitation and activated the Reality Stone with all his might.

Crimson aether particles surged forth like a tide, constructing a distorted realm of reality around Odin.

Mountains and rivers are upside down, gravity is disordered, and space is folded.

Malekith did everything in his power to create an opportunity for Thanos to get close.

Odin frowned slightly, and golden divine power shone like the sun, beginning to stabilize the distorted rules around him.

But that brief moment of hesitation was enough.

Thanos appeared behind Malekith.

The Dark Elf King sensed Thanos gathering power, and the purple light of the Power Stone grew brighter and brighter behind him.

He was overjoyed! Thanos was indeed going to go all out!

Then he felt a chill in his chest.

"Pfft—"

The fist covered by the Infinity Gauntlet pierced Malekith's chest from behind.

The purple gems embedded in the gauntlets were emitting an eerie light, and at the tip of the fist was a red crystal that was condensing.

Those were the aether particles forcibly stripped from Malekith's body, now solidifying back into the Reality Gem.

"Thanos—you—"

"We made a divine pact."

Malekith turned his head with difficulty, his pale face, typical of dark elves, filled with disbelief.

"The third supplementary clause of the Divine Contract."

"When the tide of war turns irreversibly against me, I have the right to take the necessary measures to ensure my own survival. Malekith, you are that necessary measure now."

Thanos's voice was cold.

He jerked his arm back, and the Reality Stone was fully formed, firmly embedded in the second groove of the Infinity Gauntlet.

"Don't worry, I will remember your wish."

"The unification of the Nine Realms and the balance of the universe—although our methods differ, our goals are similar."

Thanos looked at the Dark Elf King's limp body.

Malekith opened his mouth as if to say something, but the moment the Reality Stone was stripped away, the life force within him was also rapidly draining away.

The dark elf's body began to disintegrate, turning into black dust that drifted away in the Asgardian breeze.

"Buzz!!"

The two Infinity Stones lit up simultaneously on the glove.

The purple power resonated with the red reality energy, creating a distorted force field around Thanos.

Space began to fluctuate, and the structure of reality became unstable, as if the entire world was rejecting the power of the two gems being activated simultaneously.

"really----"

"The Power Gem, as the driving core, can greatly enhance the effectiveness of other gems."

Thanos felt the immense energy emanating from the gauntlet, and a realization flashed in his eyes.

This brief realization made him even more convinced that he was on the right path.

Collect all six Infinity Stones, and with a snap of your fingers, you can reshape the universe.

This is the most efficient way, the ultimate solution that can truly end all conflicts and achieve balance.

Everyone on the battlefield was stunned by this scene.

Thor stopped attacking Laufey, Odin stood still, and even the Asgardian warriors who were clearing out the remaining enemy forces turned their heads to look.

Two Infinity Stones — simultaneously activated on a single glove.

Odin narrowed his single eye.

He could certainly see Thanos's ambition and recognized that it was Nidavellir's work.

But he did not act immediately.

On one hand, Malekith is dead, and the threat of the Dark Elves is gone.

on the other hand.----

"Merely at the level of a sub-Godfather."

"Even with two gems, they won't cause too much trouble."

"Besides, the other three Infinity Stones are in Midgard."

Odin's internal assessment.

Thanos dared not waste even a second.

Odin might not intervene because he underestimates the monster that killed Surtur, but what about the monster that killed Surtur?

Could he have already returned?

"It's time to go."

Thanos took a deep breath and clenched his fists.

The two gems on the Infinity Gauntlet shone brightly.

The Reality Stone warped the surrounding spatial structure, while the Power Stone provided the energy to tear dimensions apart.

Amidst the interplay of purple and red light, the space in front of Thanos shattered like glass, revealing a bizarre and fantastical dimensional interlayer behind it.

He took one last look at the battlefield: Laufey collapsed on the ice, the Dark Elves were wiped out, the Chitauri wreckage floated on the outskirts of Asgard, and the Black Order were lifeless.

The allied forces that attacked the Nine Realms were completely annihilated.

And all of this is largely due to that sudden appearance of that being.

"Ye Feng————"

Thanos silently uttered the name, etching it deep into his soul.

Then he stepped into the spatial rift and disappeared from Asgard.

Just as the crack closed, a golden figure silently appeared in the spatial folds above the battlefield.

Ye Feng stood in the gap between reality and dimension, like an observer.

No one was aware of his existence — including Odin.

"That saves me the trouble of finding an excuse to let you go."

Looking in the direction Thanos disappeared, Ye Feng murmured to himself.

He could certainly leave Thanos here and take those two Infinity Stones.

But that would make obtaining Soul Gems more difficult.

The rules for Soul Gems are unique: you must exchange a soul for a soul, and it must be the soul of someone you deeply love.

This is not some kind of word game that can be exploited.

The Soul Stone is sentient; it can sense the true inner thoughts of the sacrificed.

Countless people who thought themselves clever have tried to deceive: capturing two people in love to sacrifice, or using illusions to create false lovers.

The result was the same: they remained on Vormir forever, becoming yet another sacrifice for the Soul Gem.

Unless one's strength reaches a level beyond that of a single individual, they cannot forcibly rewrite the underlying rules of the Infinity Stones.

But how could beings at that level possibly be interested in a gem from a single universe?

So Thanos is still useful.

At least, he truly loved Gamora—though that love was twisted and obsessive, it was sincere enough, heavy enough, enough—to exchange for a jewel.

Ripples spread through space as Ye Feng stepped out of the dimensional rift and appeared on the main battlefield of Asgard.

"Looks like you've finished here too."

His voice wasn't loud, but it reached everyone's ears clearly.

The golden divine armor gleamed in the Asgardian sun, untouched by the dust of battle, a stark contrast to the surrounding ruins of the battlefield.

Odin turned around, a complex emotion flashing in his single eye.

There is appreciation, vigilance, and the profoundness of a millennium-old king.

"Thanks to you, the casualties are less than expected."

"But Thanos escaped. He took the Reality Stone, along with the original Power Stone—that Titan's ambition is something to be wary of."

The Father of the Gods paused.

"I know."

"But we don't need to worry about him too much for now. Thanos's path is still long, and our path—is not over yet."

Ye Feng nodded, his gaze sweeping over the devastated Immortal Palace.

Odin gave Ye Feng a deep look and did not continue the topic.

Saul walked over carrying Laufey.

The Frost Giant King has been completely sealed away, resembling a giant ice sculpture.

"Father, what should we do with Laufey?"

Odin glanced at his old adversary and remained silent for a moment: "Imprison him in the deepest part of the dungeon, in the eternal ice cave. No one may approach without my permission."

He then looked at Ye Feng: "Asgard owes you a favor for this war."

"Although you may not care about this, the Nine Realms will remember this day, and remember that there was an existence that extinguished the source of the flames before the shadow of Ragnarok descended."

Ye Feng smiled but didn't reply.

He looked up at the sky, where Asgard's force field was slowly repairing itself, and starlight was once again shining on this sacred land.

The war of the nine realms came to a dramatic end.

Frost giants, fire creatures of Muspelheim, dark elves, the Chitauri army, the Obsidian Five—all forces involved in the siege were annihilated.

All of this, from Ye Feng's arrival on the battlefield to its end, took only a few hours.

"History has been rewritten."

Ye Feng thought to himself.

In the distance, Loki is directing the repair of the Rainbow Bridge.

Heimdall stood on the control panel of the Rainbow Bridge under repair, his golden eyes sweeping across the Nine Realms.

His gaze lingered on Ye Feng for a moment, then he nodded.

In some corner of the universe, Thanos tumbled out of a spatial rift and knelt on one knee on the surface of a barren asteroid.

The two gems on the Infinity Gauntlet gradually dimmed, as using them for long-distance teleportation consumed enormous amounts of energy.

But he survived, and that's enough.

Thanos stood up and looked up at the deep starry sky.

"Gamora————"